PINT-SIZED POUR: SPICE OF LIFE

Spotlight: Spice of Life is one of six Iron Fist beers the San Diego Zoo will pour Saturday night at Albert’s restaurant. It’s a beguilingly light-bodied brew with a lovely light copper hue, capped by a wispy head. The label notes that it contains orange peel, peppery grains of paradise and coriander. No doubt, but the sweet orange tanginess predominates in this refreshing brew.

Qualms: I love orange juice, but this ale offers a tad too much of a good thing. Strange to say, but Spice of Life is under-spiced. I’d like to see it spicier but, please, not pricier. My 25.4-ounce bottle cost $12.99.

Numbers: 6.5 percent alcohol by volume; 20 bittering units.

Note: Ratings range from zero to five bottles, with five representing an entire monastery’s answered prayers.

Iron Fist Brewing Company and their Ale called Spice of Life in San Diego, California.

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Iron Fist Brewing Company and their Ale called Spice of Life in San Diego, California.